LEED & Sustainable Construction Resources
Access a comprehensive collection of educational resources from Green Badger, including guides, webinars, templates, and eBooks, to help general contractors navigate and document LEED construction credits.
The Ultimate Guide to LEED Construction Credits for General Contractors
The most comprehensive educational resource for general contractors, filled with practical guidance on how to achieve LEED construction credits.
Upcoming Live Webinars
2026 October LEED Construction User Group Webinar
Wed, October 28, 2026 | 2:00 PM EDT Live Webinar: Monthly LEED Construction User Group Attend this free live session Join our expert-led live webinar! Stop Guessing LEED. Get Clear Answers from Experts. WHY THIS…
Templates
Material Takeoff Sheet Instructions | LEED v5
INSTRUCTIONS Material Takeoff Sheet Instructions This guide walks you through filling out the Material Takeoff Spreadsheet. Follow three steps to quickly and accurately log your project’s embodied carbon materials.
Material Takeoff Sheet for Embodied Carbon Tracking | LEED v5
TEMPLATE Material Takeoff Sheet for Embodied Carbon Tracking
Construction Waste Management Template Download
Having a good construction waste management plan is the first step towards earning MRc5 Construction Waste Management in LEED v4.1. First of all, it is required for the pre-requisite under MRp2 to have a construction waste management plan.
LEED Credit Cheat Sheets
Low-Emitting Materials ID+C | LEED v5 Cheat Sheet
Access recommendations for which categories to track to earn the LEED v5 ID+C Low-Emitting Materials credit.
Low-Emitting Materials BD+C | LEED v5 Cheat Sheet
Access recommendations for which categories to track to earn the LEED v5 BD+C Low-Emitting Materials credit.
Construction & Demolition Waste Diversion | LEED v5 Cheat Sheet
Access recommendations for which categories to track to earn the LEED v5 Construction & Demolition Waste Diversion credit.
Ebooks
LEED Construction Readiness Assessment
LEED Construction Readiness Assessment Share your LEED scorecard, and we’ll tell you exactly which LEED points you can realistically achieve before you spend months documenting them. The report will review 2 Prerequisites and 6 Credits…
Guide to AIA Materials Pledge Reporting
Ebook Download The Complete Guide to AIA Materials Pledge Reporting A practical, step-by-step workflow for managing AIA Materials Pledge documentation with Green Badger. Learn more about the AIA Materials Pledge functionality in Green Badger. Download…
Concrete Submittal for a LEED Project eBook
This eBook shows how concrete materials and related products can earn LEED credits and guides contractors through documentation like EPDs, recycled content, and VOC compliance. It also offers tools, templates, and brand references to simplify LEED submittals.
On-Demand Webinars
August 2026 LEED Construction User Group
Rewatch the LEED Construction User Group to get your LEED questions answered and find solutions to your construction challenges.
Innovation in Construction Waste Management – Practices That Make a Difference
Learn how top GCs use onsite waste strategies, digital ESG tools, and LEED principles to turn project waste into cost savings and carbon reduction.
April 2026 LEED Construction User Group
Rewatch the LEED Construction User Group to get your LEED questions answered and find solutions to your construction challenges.
Green Badger Blog
From Resilience Commitment to Project-Level Action
The new AIA Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Pledge challenges architecture firms to make resilience a more consistent part of their practice. LEED v5 helps translate that commitment into project-level requirements, including the required Climate Resilience Assessment. Green Badger’s free Signals tool gives teams a faster way to find relevant location-specific data and begin that…
Meet Site Signal and Water Signal: Two Free Tools to Make LEED v5 Planning Easier
LEED v5, the newest version of the LEED rating system, introduces new requirements for green building projects, which can mean more data to find, more calculations to perform, and more information for project teams to manage. But your team shouldn’t have to spend more time tracking down data and dealing with spreadsheets just to get…
Stop Chasing Submittals: Turnkey LEED Construction Consulting for General Contractors
By Kristin BrubakerHead of Sustainable Construction Services LEED construction consulting is outside expert support that owns the credits earned during the construction phase of certification, so your project team doesn’t have to. A turnkey scope means the LEED consultant writes the required plans, reviews every submittal, maintains the LEED calculators, and uploads the final package…
